In order to grow stagnant economy Labour must sideline paralysing Net Zero policies
In order to grow stagnant economy Labour must sideline paralysing Net Zero policies
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WE cannot fault the Government’s new ambition to end the decades-long paralysis which has made Britain poorer. Our crippling planning system and routine capitulation to the blockers have prevented almost anything of national significance being built for years.
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So Rachel Reeves’ speech backing Heathrow expansion, huge infrastructure developments between Oxford and Cambridge and plenty more was a breath of fresh air. That said, it is true that in opposition Labour were among the noisiest blockers. Even now, those they will need to face down are mostly on their side politically.
It is also true that a Government which before the election made growth its priority should never have talked DOWN the economy while giving huge pay rises and new powers to unions and workers. Nor imposed a “jobs tax” which even the Chief Secretary to the Treasury admits is a burden on firms.
Having topped the G7 table under Rishi Sunak, our growth is now zero — and we desperately need that to improve rapidly for living standards to increase. The Chancellor agrees. And it doesn’t matter that her ideas are the Tories’ . . . they spent 14 years in power fending off crises and building nothing.
A speech, though, is the easy bit. Do Ms Reeves and Keir Starmer have the nerve for a Labour civil war, as London Mayor Sadiq Khan immediately vows to fight Heathrow expansion and their backbenchers recoil at anything running counter to the Left’s demented dash for Net Zero?.
